What does brown water mean?

brown water

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.89 in modern English

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"[…] brown-water ships and this is the factor that leads to the mismatch between ideas and practice. The other parameters of a blue - water force are better."
"[…] ships … that served … primarily or exclusively in inland waterways, … categorized as brown-water ships or [personnel] who served on such ships before or after the designated period of brown water activity are not eligible …"

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